Vivendi’s CFO yesterday hinted the French conglomerate was perfectly happy to play spoiler in Comcast’s pursuit of NBC Universal if it doesn’t get what it wants from General Electric.

Speaking like a man who has all the negotiating leverage, Chief Financial Officer Philippe Capron said that while Vivendi isn’t interested in keeping its 20 percent stake in GE-owned NBCU, it would only sell if price expectations are met.

“We are not interested in staying on board a new GE-Comcast ownership of NBCU, so yes, we would exit,” Capron said at a Morgan Stanley conference in Barcelona.

“This year, the situation is a bit more complex. We are not forced to do anything. We could just also say no.”

Capron’s comments confirmed two previous reports in The Post, including one on Monday that quoted sources close to the deal saying Vivendi was playing hardball in its discussions with GE.

“I read the papers like all of you and learn about the negotiations with GE,” Capron said. “Apparently, they are close to a deal with Comcast, which means they need to be close to a deal with us.”

The Comcast deal is contingent on Vivendi selling its NBCU stake back to GE. Every year until 2016, Vivendi has a window from Nov. 15 to Dec. 10, during which it can sell or take public its stake.

Capron said Vivendi’s board hasn’t yet decided which course of action to take.

Vivendi and GE have differed over the value of NBCU in the past. GE and Comcast have privately valued NBCU at $30 billion, which would put the worth of Vivendi’s stake at $6 billion. Vivendi, however, in 2008 valued it at $6.2 billion.

In response to a question about whether price was an issue, Capron quipped, “It often is.”

Vivendi also is understood to want mostly cash, with a portion of its payment made prior to the closing of a Comcast-GE deal since the regulatory approval process could take a year or longer.

“We have never been closer to the end of this story,” said Capron before cheekily adding, “But we are not there yet.”

GE and Comcast have been in talks for weeks about a deal in which NBCU would be combined with Comcast’s content assets, which include the E!, Style and Golf channels, to create a new entity.

Comcast would contribute around $6 billion in cash in return for a 51 percent stake. GE would own the balance but have an option to sell the stake back to Comcast in 3½ years after the deal’s completion and again at its seventh anniversary.